Another Hoax: ‘Mother suing Marvel Comics after son jumps out of window after watching ‘Amazing Spider Man 2’!

THIS IS A HOAX!

Boy jumps out window after watching Amazing Spider Man 2, Mother suing Marvel

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Mother is Suing Marvel For $50 Million Dollars After Son Died Jumping Out 6th Story Window After Waching ‘The Amazing Spider-Man 2’
Aaron Clinton, a 12 year old boy who was ‘obsessed with Spider-Man’ died earlier today after jumping out his 6th story apartment window.
His Mother, Cheryl Clinton is suing Marvel, the company that owns Spider-Man, for $50 Million Dollars.

Aaron’s Mother blames Spider-Man for her son’s death.

Mother Suing Marvel Hoax

Detailed Analysis

According to a report circulating via social media, a woman is suing comic publisher Marvel for $50 million after her Spider-Man obsessed son jumped to his death from a six-story window. The report claims that the boy jumped after watching the movie, ‘The Amazing Spider-Man 2’. Supposedly, the woman is claiming that her son’s death is ‘Marvel’s fault for making kids think they can be superheroes’.

Report is a Hoax:

However, the claims in the report are untrue. Marvel is not being sued as claimed and – thankfully – the accident described did not occur. The story was first published on the bogus news website huzlers.com, but has since been republished on various other ‘news’ blogs and websites.

Image in Report is Unrelated:

As ‘evidence’, the fake report features a photograph that supposedly depicts the scene of the boy’s tragic death. However, the image was stolen from a 2011 news story about a suicide attempt and no connection to the satirical report. In the real incident, a suicidal man jumped from the tenth floor of a Manhattan apartment block but survived after landing in a pile of garbage.

http://www.hoax-slayer.com/mother-suing-marvel-boy-died-spider-man-jump.shtml

SOMEONE DID JUMP.

He liked to imitate films like Iron Man and Captain America…

news.com.au

Boy, 5, dies in Jakarta ‘trying to be Spider-Man’

Tragic ... a five-year-old boy in Jakarta has fallen to his death, police say, possibly b

Tragic … a five-year-old boy in Jakarta has fallen to his death, police say, possibly because he was trying to imitate his favourite superhero. Source: Getty Images

POLICE are investigating if a five-year-old boy in Jakarta was trying to mimic Spider-Man after he jumped out a window to his death after being told he couldn’t watch the latest movie in the franchise.

The boy, named only as Valentino, had asked his mother, Eva, 23, if he could watch The Amazing Spider-Man 2, which was released during the week. She told him he couldn’t because his one-year-old brother, Vincencius, was sick.

“This made Valentino very upset,’ senior police commander Suyudi told kompas.com.

“He wanted to see the movie.”

“After his request was declined, Valentino then rushed to his room and locked it from the inside,” he said.

Police had initially thought the boy might have taken his own life. But the head of Indonesia’s criminal justice unit said he was also a hyperactive child who liked to pretend he was a cartoon superhero.

“He liked to imitate films like Iron Man and Captain America,” he said.

http://www.news.com.au/world/boy-5-dies-in-jakarta-trying-to-be-spiderman/story-fndir2ev-1226905311321

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